“We had some pretty serious conversations. “I went to my Dad and told him ‘we have to move or we’ll be left behind.’ Dad was a product of the depression and wasn’t about to risk the profits he reaped from his main business to build something he didn’t really like in the first place. Up until then, we were the only game in town,” he said. Disney came and taxi companies were popping up all around. “I thought I was going to be in the rental car business, so working in the cab company was a surprise. To put it in perspective, in 1949 we had 45 cabs,” Paul Jr. “When I graduated from college and came back in 1969, we had around 55 cabs. In the meantime, the cab business had suffered from neglect. He loved the rental car business and in 1967, sold it back to Avis for around $2.5 million, a move that protected him from Avis’ takeover strategy. Later that evening he reconsidered and went back to the office, found the letter in the trash can and sent them the $100.īy the late 1960s, he had Avis offices in many of the major markets across the south, operating over 2,000 cars, along with a thriving truck leasing business. He got a letter from Warren Avis offering him an Avis Central Florida franchise for $100, and thought, “If I had an extra $100, I’m sure not going to waste it on that crazy idea,” and tossed it in the trash. His only competitor was a used car dealership that later aligned with John Hertz and began to increase market share. After the war, a new industry caught his attention: car rentals. was able to grow the business initially, thanks in large part to the United States Army Air Corp turning the municipal airport into Orlando Army Air Base in 1940 to train pilots and patrol the east coast during World War II. We lived it and he made sure we understood it. And he expected you to participate in the conversation. He didn’t have hobbies or play sports, it was the only thing that captivated him. My dad wasn’t interested in talking about anything other than business.
“Even when we were teenagers, we sat down every night to have supper together. explained he primarily learned about business the same way Joseph Kennedy tutored his sons in politics, around the dinner table.
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His son, Paul Mears Jr., who made their name synonymous with transportation services in Central Florida, said, “The most challenging thing about a company that is on its third generation of leadership is transferring the culture.” In fact few companies, of any size, spend as much time as Mears training their entire staff, from drivers to software developers and accountants to dispatchers, what that culture is all about.īut Paul Jr. On the wall of one of their offices is his portrait, next to the patriarch’s favorite Socratic quote, “The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” began in 1939 with just three taxi cabs, today has grown to a fleet of some 700 taxis serving the greater Orlando area along with hundreds of limos, shuttle vans and tour buses, along with a thriving destination management business.
The entrepreneurial legacy that Paul Mears Sr. Like the foundation of a building, the vision and values that a business is built on determines how large it can become and how long it will last.
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